[ovs-dev] OVN architecture

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Mon Jan 19 18:01:55 UTC 2015


On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 05:25:22PM +0000, Dave Tucker wrote:
> 
> On 19 Jan 2015, at 16:56, Miguel Ángel Ajo wrote:
> 
> >Wasn’t OVN to be developed in C too?
> 
> That's what was being discussed here based on a comment earlier in the
> thread.
> I'm just exploring whether there is a reason to consider using Python
> instead.
> 
> I guess it really comes down to what versions of OVS are going to be "OVN
> compatible"
> 
> For OVS 2.4+ if a shared library is made available I can see OVN in C being
> the best fit.

I realize that a shared library was mentioned elsethread as having some
importance, but I don't understand why.  ovn-controller and the other C
components of OVN will be just as useful whether they are statically or
dynamically linked to the OVS libraries.



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